Space Ship recall device

[doom.ratfink]

A good idea for a block would be a recall device. this would allow you to have unmaned drones that can go out to fight and then return to your ship/space station when the battle is over or you want to run. have two blocks, a master control or "Recall Computer" which you connect to the "Recall Device" blocks and when you activate the Computer you can recall individual units/ships or all at once. it should also be able to have them dock.

Say they have you have a docking module then it should be able to automatically dock to your ship to share its sheilds, cloak, jammer and thrust.

 

[Petar07]

Well the warp drive is basically the same thing but good idea.

 

[Zedman5000]

You could have a fleet of fighters (which may or may not be covered in explosives) swarm a large capital ship then return to dock in your hanger (or not, if said fighters were covered in said explosives, and were suicide bombers)

 

[Trollerbobman]

or cover fighters with the explosives and when you get them to ram into the enemy ship scream KAMIKAZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[TDude]

Recalling a ship would be good, but I rather just have a Tracking device. That way you still have to do collect your ship because if your defeated in battle and die, the winner should have the chance to loot your ship, you lost. But having a recall device would cause it were they can\'t and you would just make people made.

 

[Zedman5000]

which can be taken multiple ways. First of all, if its defeated and in ruins chances are it wont be mobile enough to get back, at least if they destroyed it correctly. Second of all, if you were too far to be shot at in your mothership, you\'d be too far away to know you\'d lost, while a tracker could potentially tell you if you needed to move in and assist your drones. I think the purpose of this is more team based; if your teammates are alive to tell you your drones are failing, or winning, they can also influence the battle, unless of course they\'re watching from the wreckage of their cruiser. But really, this makes retreat viable, which I like. It\'d make faction wars more tactical.

 

[MrNo]

This would be extremely nice. Personally, I would like to see this as a larger part of AI control: in addition to this, the ability to target an enemy for turrets (allowing anyone in a faction to choose a target, instead of using the current AI setting \"Selected\", which only works for some person), perhaps allowing AI to assist docking procedures. Overall, more control over AI from a computer would be very nice.